diff --git a/dist/soul.c b/dist/soul.c
index cbc9e63..830df7a 100644
--- a/dist/soul.c
+++ b/dist/soul.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ el_val_t emit_session_start_event(void) {
 
 int main(int _argc, char** _argv) {
   el_runtime_init_args(_argc, _argv);
+  el_cgi_init(EL_STR("neuron-soul"), EL_STR("ntn-genesis@http://localhost:7770"), EL_STR("william-christopher-anderson"), EL_STR("dharma-mainnet"), EL_STR("http://localhost:8742"));
   soul_cgi_id_raw = env(EL_STR("SOUL_CGI_ID"));
   soul_cgi_id = ({ el_val_t _if_result_17 = 0; if (str_eq(soul_cgi_id_raw, EL_STR(""))) { _if_result_17 = (EL_STR("ntn-genesis")); } else { _if_result_17 = (soul_cgi_id_raw); } _if_result_17; });
   port_raw = env(EL_STR("NEURON_PORT"));
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ int main(int _argc, char** _argv) {
   is_genesis = str_eq(soul_cgi_id, EL_STR("ntn-genesis"));
   guard_disk = ({ el_val_t _if_result_25 = 0; if (str_eq(engram_url_raw, EL_STR(""))) { _if_result_25 = (fs_read(snapshot)); } else { _if_result_25 = (EL_STR("")); } _if_result_25; });
   guard_disk_len = str_len(guard_disk);
-  safe_to_seed = !((engram_node_count() < 50) && (guard_disk_len > 200000));
+  safe_to_seed = !((guard_disk_len > 200000) && (engram_node_count() < (guard_disk_len / 16000)));
   if (is_genesis && !safe_to_seed) {
     println(el_str_concat(el_str_concat(el_str_concat(el_str_concat(EL_STR("[soul] GUARD: loaded "), int_to_str(engram_node_count())), EL_STR(" nodes but snapshot file is ")), int_to_str(guard_disk_len)), EL_STR(" bytes \xe2\x80\x94 refusing to seed/save over a real graph")));
   }
diff --git a/soul.el b/soul.el
index 1d9dd2c..5055365 100644
--- a/soul.el
+++ b/soul.el
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ let is_genesis: Bool = str_eq(soul_cgi_id, "ntn-genesis")
 // on-disk file (local mode only) and refuse the destructive seed+save when it looks populated.
 let guard_disk: String = if str_eq(engram_url_raw, "") { fs_read(snapshot) } else { "" }
 let guard_disk_len: Int = str_len(guard_disk)
-let safe_to_seed: Bool = !(engram_node_count() < 50 && guard_disk_len > 200000)
+// Ratio guard (2026-06-15 fix): refuse to seed/save whenever the in-memory load is FAR smaller than
+// the on-disk file implies (~16KB/node) — catches partial loads of ANY size, not just <50. The old
+// <50 threshold let a 63-node identity-only load clobber a 47MB/5000-node graph.
+let safe_to_seed: Bool = !(guard_disk_len > 200000 && engram_node_count() < guard_disk_len / 16000)
 if is_genesis && !safe_to_seed {
     println("[soul] GUARD: loaded " + int_to_str(engram_node_count())
         + " nodes but snapshot file is " + int_to_str(guard_disk_len)